Chu Kong Petroleum and Natural Gas Steel Pipe Holdings Limited (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries hereinafter referred to as the “Group”) is the largest manufacturer and exporter of longitudinal welded steel pipes in China. The Company has been listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) (Stock Code: 1938) since February 2010. The Group’s steel pipes are mainly used for energy transmission including oil and gas transmission pipelines, deep sea pipelines, city gas networks, and petrochemicals, mining, infrastructure construction, offshore engineering, steel structures and water utilities industries.

The Group’s production bases and offices are located in Panyu, Zhuhai, Lianyungang, Jiangyin, Nanjing, Ningbo of China, Singapore, Indonesia, of the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, with 9 longitudinal submerged arc-welded (“LSAW”), 4 spiral submerged arc-welded (“SSAW”) and 1 electric resistance welded (“ERW”) with a combined annual production capacity of 3,380,000 tonnes as at 31 December 2015.

The Group is an industry pioneer, particularly strong in research and development, holding 112 patents (including 8 invention patents) and 11 international certificates and having a long standing international and nationwide track record. Furthermore, the Group is the first and only steel pipe manufacturer in China to manufacture deep sea welded steel pipes for the use at a water depth of 1,500m and a qualified supplier of Petrobras. The Group is the only welded steel pipe manufacturer in China that has received five national honours and awards, including “Gold Cup Prize for Actual Quality of Metallurgical Products”, “Superior Quality Award for Actual Quality of Metallurgical Products”, “National Key New Products”, “National- recognised Enterprise Technology Centre” and “High and New Technology Enterprise”, and host a “Academician Workstation” and is the main drafter of the national standard for longitudinal steel pipes in China.